Chemistry at Grinnell College

If you plan to study chemistry, take a look at what Grinnell College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Grinnell is located in Grinnell, Iowa and approximately 1,493 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Grinnell.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Chemistry section at the bottom of this page.

Grinnell Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Grinnell Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at Grinnell compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The chemistry major at Grinnell is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Chemistry. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	104
Most Focused Chemistry Schools	117
Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	411
Most Popular Chemistry Schools	488

Chemistry Student Demographics at Grinnell

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the chemistry majors at Grinnell College.

Grinnell Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Grinnell are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Grinnell College with a bachelor's in chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Grinnell also has a doctoral program available in chemistry. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Physics

Careers That Chemistry Grads May Go Into

A degree in chemistry can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Grinnell College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
High School Teachers	13,010	$56,510
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	550	$74,140
Chemists	380	$71,120
Natural Sciences Managers	380	$127,440
Chemistry Professors	240	$94,470

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Aureliusxv under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.